| For our current research areas, please refer to following open access papers and articles published in NIMS NOW magazine. | 
	 
	
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            	- • Tsuyoshi OHNISHI
 
                - Development of Extremely Safe Solid-State Oxide Batteries
 
				- NIMS NOW 2024,24,(1), 2024/3/7
 
                - [NIMS NOW  vol.24 no.1]
 
				- (7 Mar., 2024)
 		
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            	- • Naoaki KUWATA
 
                - Enabling Observation of Fast-Moving Lithium Ions within Solid-State Batteries
 
				- NIMS NOW 2024,24,(1), 2024/3/7
 
                - [NIMS NOW  vol.24 no.1]
 
				- (7 Mar., 2024)
 		
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            	- • Calpa MARCELA
 
                - Challenge to improve battery performance in a state-of-the-art environment
 
			  - NIMS NOW 2024,24,(1), 2024/3/7
 
                - [NIMS NOW  vol.24 no.1]
 
				- (7 Mar., 2024)
 		
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            	- • NAoaki KUWATA, Gen HASEGAWA
 
                -  Bulk and Grain Boundary Diffusion in Solid Electrolytes ─NMR and SIMS Analysis─
 
				- CERAMICS JAPAN 59(2024)No. 10, 2024/10
 
                - [CERAMICS JAPAN 59(2024)No. 10]
 
				- (Oct., 2024)
 		
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            	- • Naoaki KUWATA
 
                - Imaging Grain Boundaries that Impede Lithium-Ion Migration in Solid-State Batteries
 —New technique developed to quantify ionic conductivity across grain boundaries—
 
                 - NIMS Press Release, 2023/12/18
 
                - [NIMS Press Release]
 
                - (18 Dec., 2023)
 
				- JST Press Release, 2023/12/18
 
                - [JST Press Release]
 
				- (18 Dec., 2023)
 
				- Nikkei, 2023/12/18
 
                - [Nikkei web article]
 
				- (18 Dec., 2023)
 
				- Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, 2023/12/20
 
                - [Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun web  article]
 
				- (20 Dec., 2023)
 
    	      
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            	- •Calpa MARCELA, Kazunori TAKADA
 
                - Hidden Cause of Lithium-Rich Cathode Materials’ Low Energy Efficiency Revealed—Asymmetric Reaction Pathways Are Key—
 
               - NIMS Press Release, 2023/12/15
 
                - [NIMS Press Release]
 
                - (15 Dec., 2023)
 
				- MIT Technology Review, 2023/12/18
 
                - [MIT Technology Review]
 
				- (18 Dec., 2023)
 
    	      
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            	- • Narumi Ohta
 
                - A Novel, High performance, Low-Cost All-Solid-State Battery Production Method
 
                - NIMS YouTube Channel: Materials Revealed!, 2022/10/07
 
                - [NIMS YouTube Channel: Materials Revealed!, 2022/10/07]
 
                - (7 Oct., 2022)
 
    	      
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            	- • Narumi Ohta
 
                - Overcoming a Disadvantage of Silicon Leads to a Breakthrough in The Development of Next-generation Batteries
 
                - NIMS NOW International, 2022, 20 (3), p. 14
 
                - [NIMS NOW International, vol.20 no.3]
 
                - (18 Aug., 2022) The Eccentric Views of Materials Scientists
 
    	      
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            	- • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
 
				- Materials Open Platform for All Solid-State Battery to Begin Full-Scale Operation
 
				- NIMS Press Release, 2022/06/07
 
                - [NIMS Press Release, 2022/06/07]
 
                - (07 June, 2022)
 
             
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            	- • Narumi Ohta
 
                - Anode Material for All-solid-State Batteries
 
                - NIMS NOW International, 2020, 18 (4), p. 7
 
                - [NIMS NOW International, vol.18 no.4]
 
                - (9 Oct., 2020) Materials Visual Guide with Onomatopoeia
 
    	      
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            	- • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
 
				- High-performance Anode for All-solid-state Li Batteries is Made of Si Nanoparticles
 
				- NIMS Press Release, 2019/11/07
 
                - [NIMS Press Release, 2019/11/07]
 
                - (07 Nov., 2019)
 
             
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            	- • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
 
				- Successfully Confirmed the Highly Stable Cycling Performance of Nanoporous, Amorphous Silicon Anodes for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries
 
				- NIMS Press Release, 2018/05/14
 
                - [NIMS Press Release, 2018/05/14]
 
                - (14 May, 2018)
 
             
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            	- • Junichi Sakabe, Narumi Ohta∗, Tsuyoshi Ohnishi, Kazutaka Mitsuishi, and Kazunori Takada
 
				- Porous Amorphous Silicon Film Anodes for High-Capacity and Stable All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries
 
				- Communications Chemistry, 2018, 1, Art. No. 24
 
                - DOI:10.1038/s42004-018-0026-y
 
                - (3 May, 2018)
 
             
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            	- • Kazunori Takada
 
                - Safe and Durable All-Solid-State Batteries
 
                - NIMS NOW International, 2017, 17 (1), p. 8
 
                - [NIMS NOW International, vol.17 no.1]
 
                - (24 Jan., 2017)
 
    	      
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            	- • Kazunori Takada∗ and Takahisa Ohno
 
				- Experimental and Computational Approaches to Interfacial Resistance in Solid-State Batteries
 
				- Front. Energy Res., 2016, 4, Art. No. 10
 
                - DOI:10.3389/fenrg.2016.00010
 
                - (30 Mar., 2016)
 
             
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            	- • Kazunori Takada
 
                - Do all-solid-state lithium ion batteries dream of oxide electrolytes?
 
                - CONVERGENCE, 2015, 21, p. 2
 
                - [CONVERGENCE, no.21]
 
                - (Oct., 2015)
 
    	      
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            	- • Kazunori Takada and Tsuyoshi Ohnishi
 
                - Extracting Functions from Ions Moving in Solids
 
                - NIMS NOW International, 2012, 10 (3), p. 6
 
                - [NIMS NOW International, vol.10 no.3]
 
                - (30 Apr., 2012)
 
    	      
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            	- • Kazunori Takada and Tsuyoshi Ohnishi
 
                - Development of All-Solid State Lithium Ion Battery
 
                - NIMS NOW International, 2011, 9 (4), p. 9
 
                - [NIMS NOW International, vol.9 no.4]
 
                - (24 Jun., 2011)
 
         	 
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